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"There is one freedom on which all other liberties depend and that is freedom of expression, freedom of speech, of print. If this is taken away, no other freedom can exist, or at least it would be soon suppressed."
Leslie Kolakowski
Facts
More than one third of the world's people live in countries where there is no press freedom.
Reporters Without Borders
Our Advisors
Charlie Firestone
Executive Director - Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
Harlan Mandel
Deputy managing director
Media Development Loan Fund
Pam Meyer
Chief Executive Officer
Simpatico Networks
Marita Rivero
Vice President and General Manager - Radio and Television
WBGH
Cause Overview
More than one third of the world’s people live in countries where there is no press freedom.
Reporters Without Borders, 2006
Today, more than 130 journalists around the world are in prison simply for doing their job.
Reporters Without Borders
Russia was the first country to establish a continuous, government-funded radio broadcast.
Westover, 2003
In North Korea, all radio and television receivers are locked to government-specific frequencies. The country does not have a single independent journalist, and all news must be positive.
Committee to Protect Journalists, 2006
Libya has no independent broadcast or print media.
Committee to Protect Journalists, 2006
Citizens of Burma risk arrest for listening to the BBC in pubic.
Committee to Protect Journalists, 2006
In 2005, Turkmenistan closed all public libraries, except one which houses the books of the “President for Life,” Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov. It is illegal to import foreign publications.
Committee to Protect Journalists, 2006
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